Portable garment drier



May 8, 1928.

B. KELLEY PORTABLE GARMENT DRIER Original Filed Nov. 26- 6 Patented May 8, 1928.

' BLAINE KELLEY, 01' CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

PORTABLE GARMENT DRIER.

- Application filed November 26, 1926, Serial No. 150,922. Renewed April 2, 1928.

The present invention relates to improvements in portable garment driers and has for an objectto provide an improved drier in which the garment will be held in an extended position above an air-circulating device whereby the drying of the garment may be effected expeditiously and economically.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, t

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an improved drier constructed according to the present invention. 7

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line-2-2 in Figure 1. V

Figure 3 is a plan view of one of the clips employed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings l2 and 13 designate two 7 standards which may be of pipe section or other appropriate material. Such standards are connected at their upper ends by the horizontal bar 14, appropriate diagonal braces 15 and 16 being mounted between the standards and the horizontal bar at the angular meeting points. i

The lower ends of the standards 12 and 13 are curved to provide the counter weighted handles or arms 104 and the lower portions of the standards are pivoted as indicated at 103 to shanks. 102 upstanding from cross-feet 17, which are movably supported upon the casters 18.

The lower portions of the standards 12 and 13 are held against undue spreading by the. semi-circular brace 20 coupled between same. This semi-circular brace is intended to span the draft apparatus which is mounted within thereticulated wall 21 of the carriage having the solid base 22 supported on the casters 23. Within the upper portion of the reticulated wall is an imperforate guard ring 24 of metal or other appropriate material having a reinforced thickened rim flange 25 at its upper edge for receiving the upper end of the reticulated wall 21 and also the upper ends of the spider arms 26 which extend down to the spider ring 27 This spider arrangement *ar s the hinged bolt 41 bcin is intended to support the electric motor 28 which drives the fan 29 mounted thereabove. The spider ring 27 preferably extends down below the plane of the rim 25 in order to confine the rotating fan within the protection of this rim and guard band 24, and this guard band 24 subserves the further function of avoiding the radial dissipation of the air which is drawn in by the fan through the meshes of the reticulated wall 21 below said guard ring 24. The ring deflects the air projected from the fan 29 upwardly within the lower spread-open end of the garment indicated by dotted" lines at 30 in Figure 1. The lower edges of the garment are held in'the clips 31 placed at suitable intervals around the circumference of the garmentend, These clips are shown infFigure 3 as composed of thetwo jaws'82 and 38 pivoting after the fashion of a clothespin and having thespring 34 to urgesuch jaws together upon the garment edge. The clothespins or clips are suspended from loops'3 5 which have spring shanks 36 in order to place the garment under suitable tension. The hooks are adapted to extend about the rings made up of the semi-circular pieces. Each'piece 37,is made from appropriate band metal or other materialhaving one end 38 out-turned'in a radial "direction with a perforation 89 madetherein, The

other terminal end 40 is also out-turnedin a radial direction'and is of greater length than the opposite out-turned end having at its extremity the hinged bolt 41 having the nut 42 thereon. This hinged bolt 41 is adapted to swingwinto the open-sided slot 43 made in the free endportion of the spring 7 Z-shaped clip 44 soldered, brazed or otherwise secured to the terminal part 40. This terminal part 40 is also provided with the parallel ears 45 extending from the upper and lower edges thereof adjacent the curved piece and between the cars is an opening 46. The companion ring member is of like construction, theterminal end 38 thereof being placed between the ears 45 so that theperforations 39 and 46 register for the passage therethrough of a securing, bolt. The opposite side of the ring issecured in Iike manan, and the terminal end 40 and spring ch 44 are intended to fit about'the standp v thereupon swung into place and the nut/ 2 tightened.

By loosening the nut 42 the supporting ring may be adjusted up and down upon the standards 12 and 13, and may be rotated upon standards for the purpose of separating half rings and thereby removing or add ing spring clips.

Above the two-piece stretching ring re-. terred to is a second two-piece ring 47 of like construction having the spring clips 48 for grasping the upper portion of a garment and holding the same in distended position. This upper ring 4-? fits and is adjustable uponthe standards 12 and 13 in like manner. As many of these rings of various sizes maybe provided in conjunction with the device in order to surround the garment at various vertical positions to hold the same in a. stretched condition advantageous for itsrapid drying.

The sleeves of the garment may be held in the spring clips a9 and 50 carried by the arms 51 having the clamps by which the same are, adjustable upon the standards 12 and 13, and also for sleeves for varying length.

The garment. is intended to be suspended from a hanger 53 carried upon a cord or flexible connectionht. A pressure gauge 55 maybe carried by this cord and the cordis trained over a pulley 56 mounted in the horizontal bar 14. The cable is wound upon the drum 57. carried in suitable brackets 58 on the upper portion 01 the standard 12 and is woundupon and unwound from the drum bythe operation of the crank handle '59. Thehanger 53 also forms a convenient support for a deflecting cone 60 being hollow and having the supporting arm 61 extending through the hollow cone and beyond the inverted open base of the same to fit upon the lower bar of the garment. hanger The; cone will thus extend substantially axially of the fan 29 and will deflect the'upwardly rising currents of air against the garment and through the garment sleeves.

The horizontal bar 14 is also preferably provided with an upstanding hook 62 at its central part for receiving the cable indicated in dotted lines at 63. This cable eX- tends over a pulley 64 hung in brackets from the ceiling of the laundry or room. 'This cable arrangement is for the purpose of raising the entire apparatus when access is to be had to the interior of the garment.

In the use of the device, the garment indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l is supported as illustrated with the spreading ring devices engaged for holding the garment in the distended position. The fan at the base will draw in air and circulate this air upwardly and against the interiorof the garment having the etlect to thoroughly and quickly dry the same without shrinking.

The ascending currents of air will eventually strike the deflecting cone 60, by which the same are diverted to the spread arms of the garment.

It is desirable to gain access to the in t-erior of the garment for various purposes; for instance, for the manipulating and stretching of the garment by hand, to avoid its undue and injurious shrinking, and for this purpose, resort may be had to the counterweighted handles 10%, by which the entire frame may be swung about the pivot points 103 into a diagonal or even to a horizontal position. The open lower spread end of the garment is in this manner exposed and the hands of the operator have "free access to the interior thereof.

It will be obvious that many changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts could be made, which could be used without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I do notmean to limit the invention to such details, except as particularly pointed out in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 'l. A. portable garment drier comprising a frame, a hanger supported from the frame for holding a garment, means for holding the garment in distended position, means extending beneath the open lower portion of the garment for supplying a current of air upwardly through the garment, and a. del'lector suspended within the upper portion of the distended garment for diverting the rising air laterally.

2. A portable garment drier comprising a frame, a garment hanger suspended for vertical adjustment from saidframe. a deflector carried within the garment by said -garment hanger, means below the garment hanger for holding the garment in spread rondition, and means movable in and out beneath the garment "for circulating the stream of air upwardly through the garment and against said deflector.

80A portable garment drier coi'nprising a frame,'a garment hanger supported from the frame, means for circulating a current of air through the garment, and means for holding the garment spread, said last-named such terminal ends adapted to be brought together, fastening means for passing through such terminal ends. cars on one ter' minal'end to receive one terminal end of the associated member, clamps carried by lUU lll)

the terminal ends for engaging with the a frame, a garment hanger supported from the frame for holding a garment, means for holding an intermediate body portion of the garment and the lower edge portion thereof distended, means beneath the lower distended end of the garment for circulating a drying current of air upwardly through the garment, sleeve holding devices for suspending the sleeves in outstretched position, and deflecting means supported by the garment hanger within the garment for encountering the upwardly rising air current. and diverting same outwardly'of the garment and through the out-stretched sleeves thereof.

6. A portable garment drier comprising a frame, a garment hanger suspended from said frame for supporting a garment, means for holding the body of'the garment in distended position, means for holding the arms of the garment in outstretched position, a cone deflector carried by the garment hanger within the upper portion'of the garment,

and a current circulating device adapted to be placed beneath the garment for circulating a current of .[drying air upwardly through the garment against said cone deflector and out through" the outstretched arms. I

7. A portable garment drier comprising a frame, a garment hanger supported from said frame for holdinga garment, rings supported by said frame and extending about the intermediate and lower portions of the garment, elasps for engaging the garment yieldably suspended from said ringsfor holding the garment in distended position, yieldably supported clasps for enengaging the arms of the garment to hold 5 same in the'outstretched position, adjustable. means for. holding said armclasps on the frame, and an air circulating current supply device adapted tov be placed beneath the distended garment for supplying a current of air. upwardly therethrough.

8. A portable garment drier comprising a support for the garment, including means forholding the lower edge of the garment in distended position, an air circulating device for directing a current of drying air to said garment, and means whereby said supporttogether with the garment holding a means may be shifted to permit of access to, .the garment through the lower distended end thereof. M a

9. A portable garmentdrier comprising a counterweightedframe for supporting the garment, feet to which said eounterweighted frame is pivoted, means on the frame for supporting the garment, means also carried by said pivoted and counterweighted frame stretched and dist-ended condition with the surfaces of the garment free'from contact with each otherthroughout, andmeans for forcing a drying fluid under pressure upwardly through the garment.

11. A garment drier comprising a frame, a garment hanger supported from the frame, means carried by the frame for holding the lower end of the garment in distended condition, and. means for supplying-a current of air upwardly through the garment, said air supplying means being shiftable laterally relative to the frame and the garment to simultaneously supply a'current of air upwardly through and along the outersurface of thegarment. i

12. A garment drier comprising a frame, a garment hanger supported from theframe, means carried, by the frame for holding the lower end of the garment in distended condition, means for supplying a. current of air upwardly through the garment, and a carriage for the air supplying means movable laterally relative to the frame and the garriage for the airsupp'lying'means movablelaterallyrelative to the frame and thegarment to permit positioning of said air supply means for simultaneously supplyinga current of air'upwardly through and .up-

Wardly along the outer surface of the gar-- ment, saidcarriagebeing independent of the frame and movable on'the floor beneath the garment. v

14. A garment dr er comprising a frame,

a garment hanger suspended from the frame,

means belowthe garment hanger for holding the garment in spread condition, and means movable in and out beneatlitlie garment for forcing a current of air upwardlythrough and upwardly along the outer surfaccof the garment.

15; A a garment hanger supported from the frame, means for stretching an intermediate body portion and the lower. edge portion of the garment driercomprising a frame,

garment and. for holding said garment in distended; condition, and means beneath the lower distended end of the garment for forcing a current of'air upwardly] through the garment.

16. A garment drier comprising aninverted substantially U-shaped frame composed of a pair of uprights and a horizontal bar connecting the upper ends of said uprights,

a garment hanger suspended from said hori-' zontal bar, means supported by said uprights below the garment hanger for holding the garment in spread condition, and means for forcing a current of air upwardly through the garment.

17 A garment drier comprising an inverted substantially U-shaped frame composed of a pair of uprights and a horizontal bar connecting the upper ends of said uprights, a garmenthanger suspended from said horizontal bar, means supported by said uprights below the garment hanger for holding the garment in spread condition, and means for forcing a current of air upwardly through the garment, said garment holding means being vertically adjustable on said uprights.

18. A garment drier comprising an inverted substantially U-shaped frame composed of a pair of uprights and a horizontal bar connecting the upper ends of said uprights, a garment hanger suspended from said hori zontal bar, means supported by said uprights below the garment hanger for holding the garment in spread condition, and means for forcing a current of air upwardly through the garment, said garment holding means embodying a ring attached at opposite sides to'the uprights and having garment-engaging clips attached thereto at infemale.

19. A garment drier comprising an. inverted substantially .U-shaped frame composed of a pair of uprights and a horizontal bar connecting the upper. ends of said uprights, a garment hanger suspended from said horizontal bar, means supported by said uprights below the garment hanger for holding the garment in spread condition, means for forcing a current of air upwardly through the garment, and means carried by said uprights for holdingthe arms of the garment in outstretched position.

20. A garment drier comprising an inverted substantially U-shaped frame composed of a pair of uprights and a horizontal bar connecting the upper ends of said uprights, a garment hanger suspended from said horizontal bar, means supported by said uprights below the garment hanger for hold ing the garment in spread condition, means for forcing a current of air upwardly through the garment, and means carried by said uprights for holding the arms of the garment in outstretched position, said arm holding means being vertically adjustable on said uprights. 21. garment drier comprising a frame, a garment hanger supported from the frame, means carried by the frame for holding the lower end of the garment in distended condition, other means carried by the frame below the hanger for holding a higher portion of the garment in distended and laterally stretched condition, and means for forcing a current of air upwardly through the garment. I

v 22. A garment drier comprising a frame, a garment hanger supported from the frame, means carried by the frame for holding the lower end of the garment in distended condition, other means carried by the frame below the hanger for holding a higher portion of the garment in distended and laterally stretched condition, and means'for foreing a current of air upwardly through the garment, said air forcing means being'shiftable laterally relative to the frame and the garment.

23. A garment drier comprising a frame, a garment hanger supported from the frame, means carried by the frame for holding the lower end of the garment in distended and laterally stretched condition, other means carried by the frame below the hanger for holding a higher portion of the garment in distended condition, and means for forcing a current of air upwardly through the 'garment, said other garment holding means being vertically adjustable relative to the frame.

24. A garment drier comprising a frame, a garment hanger supported from the frame, means carried by the frame for holding the lower end of the garment in distended and laterally stretched condition, other means carried by theframe below the hanger for holding a higher portion of the garment in distended condition, means .for forcing a current of air upwardly throughthe garment, said other garment holding means be ing vertically adjustable relative to the frame and embodying a semi-circular member attached at opposite sides to the'frame and having garment engaging clips mounted at intervals thereon.

25. A garment drier comprising a frame, a garment hanger supported from the frame, means carried by the frame for holding the lower end of the garment in distended and laterally stretched condition, other means carried by the frame below the hanger for holding a higher. portion of the garment in distended condition, means forforcing a current of air upwardly through the garment, said air forcing means being shiftable later.- ally relative to the frame and the garment and embodying a portable unit independent of the frame and movable on the floor beair upwardlythrough the garment, said air, neath the first named garment holding supplying means and said frame being rela- 10 means. i tively shiftable laterally to permit simul- 26. A garment drier comprising a frame, taneous supply of a current of air upwardly 5 a garment hanger suspended from the frame, through and along the outer surface of the means carried by the frame for holding thev garment. V lower end of the garment in distended conv dition, and means for supplying a current of s BLAINE KELLEY. 

